[jmsl] MaxScore setNoteFlash in bpatcher

[jmsl at music.columbia.edu]

...better if I send ...
flash x y diameter
...so you know how big a blob to draw


jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:
> Hi Georg
>
> I don't recall how this came and went but I am happy to put flash x y 
> into MaxScore. I'll send you a prerelease in a little bit...
>
> Thanks
> Nick
>
> jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:
>> Nick,
>>
>> We discussed this in June 2008.
>>
>>>>
>>>> Flashing is gone in Max5 unless you modify the code being sent to 
>>>> canvas.
>>>>
>>>> What we need instead of stating the following twice
>>>>
>>>> penmode Xor
>>>> paintarc 63 57 70 63 90 -360
>>>> penmode Copy
>>>> ....
>>>> penmode Xor
>>>> paintarc 63 57 70 63 90 -360
>>>> penmode Copy
>>>>
>>>> is something like (just once!!!)
>>>>
>>>> flash paintarc 63 57 70 63 90 -360
>>>>
>>>> or just flash 63 57
>>>>
>>>> Would it be possible to implement that?
>>>
>>
>>
>> On the one hand there used be a flash x y message during playback. 
>> Canvas is not receiving this anymore.
>> On the other hand, canvas is still receiving the penmode Copy and Xor 
>> messages which aren't supported by Max 5 in addition to the paintarc 
>> message (even when font rendering is turned on.)
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Georg
>>
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>> On May 1, 2009, at 11:31 PM, jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Working with a student on a Max project with MaxScore.  He's writing 
>>> an ear-training patch and would like the notes to flash as he plays 
>>> the score.   He's running MaxScore in a bpatcher.  We're 
>>> transcribing the midi file (using "transcribeMIDIFile"), and then 
>>> using the "setNoteFlash 1" message, but it doesn't seem to be doing 
>>> the trick (OSX 10.5, JVM 1.5)
>>>
>>> Is there something that we need to do further?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Peter McCulloch
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